Ayala v. King-Ryder Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Beauregard; Winston Overton, Judge. Action by Rodolfo Ayala against the King-Ryder Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
A Mexican, 25 years of age, employed as a laborer on a steel gang of the defendant lumber company had his leg broken between the knee and the hip, while in the course of his employment.
Plaintiff alleges this is not a suit for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act (Act No. 20 of 1914, as amended by Act No. 243 of 1916), but it is an action sounding in damages against the defendant employer because of the negligence and malpractice of the physician employed by the defendant company, who treated his broken leg in an unprofessional and improper way, and which resulted in the shortening…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Wells v. McGeheeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
- Mournet v. SumnerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Gouner v. BrosnanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923